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[Curt Christianson]

Start>Run>"REGEDIT" (without the quotes).

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[Guest]

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/article/registry_cleaner_why.htm

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[Gary S. Terhune]

Great! You post year after year about all kinds of problems, more than
anyone could possibly encounter in all but a very trashed system, and now
you want to create more problems? Get a life!

 

[Curt Christianson]

b11,

You *might* find this article of interest:

Discussion of Registry "Cleaners"
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099


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[Curt Christianson]

b11,

You *might* find this article of interest:

Discussion of Registry "Cleaners"
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099


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[Gary S. Terhune]

Curt, you're developing a stutter!

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Seeking Wxp registry checking utility.

http://tinyurl.com/2xqcsz

There are just short of two milliion places to check. Have fun.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Now THAT was NASTY, <w>!

 

[HeyBub]

Seeking Wxp registry checking utility.

I checked. It's there. Don't worry.

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Now THAT was NASTY, <w>!

The moron deserved it.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Can't argue with you there.

 

[Curt Christianson]

Yeah, every once in a while OE likes to hiccup on me.

(Bsides, in this case--it's worth repeating).

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[Guest]

I don't want to clean the registry. I just want to check it if it's OK. Do
you remember Scanreg.exe?
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[Bruce Chambers]

I don't want to clean the registry. I just want to check it if it's OK. Do
you remember Scanreg.exe?

If you're not having any problems directly attributable to the
registry, then it's OK. No "checker" necessary.


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[David Webb]

There is really no need for a tool like scanreg.exe in the Windows NT OS series,
they don't suffer from the same weaknesses that are prevalent in the Windows 9x
series. This tool was developed for use in Windows 98 and Windows ME. It's main
purpose was to backup and restore system settings, including the registry. See
this tech article for details:

Description of the Windows Registry Checker Tool (Scanreg.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/183887

If you have a need to backup your registry beyond what is done via System
Restore, see this link for a excellent registry backup and restore utility:

ERUNT
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

It also includes a registry optimizer tool.

The latest version of this utility has an autobackup feature or one can use it
with the Task Scheduler. Backups can easily be restored from within Windows or
the Recovery Console. I have mine setup to do a daily backup using the Task
Scheduler.

I've rarely have to use it for recovery purposes..but it gives one a warm
feeling
just having this option available.

If used, be sure to store your backup(s) in a subfolder of the %SystemRoot%
folder so that it's accessible when you're in the Recovery Console mode.

 

[Guest]

Can ERUNT be used just to check(test) the registry to see if its OK?

I do not want to backup nor clean the registry.
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[David Webb]

No, ERUNT can't do that. I don't know of any utility that effectively can.

As I stated, ERUNT comes with an optimizing tool, or it can be doawloaded as a
separate utility. Here's what it does:

NTREGOPT
========

Registry Optimization for Windows NT/2000/2003/XP

v1.1j, 10/20/2005, Freeware
Written by Lars Hederer
e-mail: (e-mail address removed)

Look for the latest version here:
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt

To find out what's new in this version, please see the "Version
history" section later in this file.

Introduction
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Similar to Windows 9x/Me, the registry files in an NT-based system
can become fragmented over time, occupying more space on your hard
disk than necessary and decreasing overall performance. You should
use the NTREGOPT utility regularly, but especially after installing
or uninstalling a program, to minimize the size of the registry files
and optimize registry access.

The program works by recreating each registry hive "from scratch",
thus removing any slack space that may be left from previously
modified or deleted keys.

Note that the program does NOT change the contents of the registry in
any way, nor does it physically defrag the registry files on the drive
(as the PageDefrag program from SysInternals does). The optimization
done by NTREGOPT is simply compacting the registry hives to the
minimum size possible.
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[Bob I]

What do you mean OK. Its a database. It either loads, or it doesn't.

 

[Ken Blake]

Can ERUNT be used just to check(test) the registry to see if its OK?

No.